Lesson 110

What could not have produced a rational world?

An irrational process.

What are our only choices about God being in control of the world?

Either He is or He isn't.

What lesson about suffering do we learn the story of Joseph in Genesis?

God can bring good out of bad.

What did C.S. Lewis call pain?

God's megaphone to rouse a deaf world

What are problems with talking about what life would be in a better world?

In such a world people would not have the opportunity to rise to the occasion into difficulty, show courage, and have other traits that are valuable. Also in a different world we would not be who we are in this world.

What less about suffering do we learn from Jesus' statement in John 9:3?

Suffering gives us the opportunity to work the works of God.

What is the theme about suffering in the New Testament?

Suffering helps us grow.

What is Paul's explanation about suffering in Romans 8: 22?

The creation is groaning as in childbirth towards its redemption.

What lesson about suffering do we learn from the book of Habakkuk?

The righteous will live by faith as unsettling events unfold.

What lesson about suffering do we learn from the book of Job?

We have to trust the God who is even when we don't understand things.